Alabama - Day 2

We spent most of the day ath te US Rocket and Space Center in Huntsville. It was the big thing we wanted to do during our short time and it was worth it.

There is so much more to the US Space Program history than I knew. And I think it's true of many people. In the 1950's and 1960's, the interest from the general public was so much greater than it is now. 

The center runs Space Camp, so there were tons of kids running around. They have a really cool hand on robotics exhibit. I loved the robots. They were very cool. 

The Saturn V Rocket Hall was amazing. According to one of the volunteers, there were 15 Saturn V rockets built. Thirteen were launched, and the one in the hall would have been if the program had not run out of money. 

We also saw an Apollo 12 moon rock and lots of other cool stuff. 

After leaving the Rocket Center, we headed into downtown Huntsville. We checked out the Harrison Brothers Hardware Store. It's been in business since 1897, and is now run by the Huntsville Historical Association. It's a cool old building, and they still use the 108 year old cash register.

For dinner we found a local pub, Below the Radar. The Cobb salad was really good. And the Back Forty Beer Company in Gadsden makes and awesome Truck Stop Honey Brown Ale.